HUMAPITARIANS

KAIT TAHA HAS BEEN UTILIZING GIS TECHNOLOGIES FOR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS FOR NEARLY A DECADE.  COLLABORATING WITH ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY IN THE TWIN CITIES AREA, AS WELL AS GLOBAL REMOTE EFFORTS WITH THE UN, WHO, AND OTHERS.

 

HOLDING A BACHELORS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND GRADUATE COURSES IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, THE COMBINING OF THESE TWO FIELDS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING JOURNEY.

 

AN INTERNSHIP IN ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT IN MARKETING SOLIDIFIED THE NEED TO CREATE AND TO SEE NEW CORNERS OF THE WORLD. 

 

KAIT IS A MEMBER OF GLOBAL MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA INTERNATIONAL NGO NETWORK, WOMEN IN GIS, AND GISCORPS.

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CURRENTLY, SHE IS FOCUSED ON SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LEARNING ABOUT GLOBAL HEALTH.

 

WHEN NOT PARTICIPATING IN A MAPATHON OR ANALYZING DATA, YOU CAN FIND HER HAVING ADVENTURES WITH HER FAMILY FROM KAYAKING A MINNESOTA LAKE TO TRAVELING TO A NEW COUNTRY.